Graduation Shaker Card | Studio Katia

Hello friends!

Graduation season is upon us and I am so very thankful that my son gets to have a normal High School Graduation this year. After the last two years of a very restricted High School experience, he finally gets to enjoy a little normalcy at the end. Today I am sharing the Graduation shaker card I made for him, luckily he pays no attention to my social media, so this will be a surprise for when he graduates at the end of the month. Blue and yellow are his school colors, so I thought this would be perfect for him. 

CARD RECIPE

• Stamp the Happy Graduation cap onto Bristol Paper using Fadeout Ink for a no-line watercolor look.  Here I used Zig Clean Color Markers.
• Once colored and dry, die cut the Graduation cap using the Happy Graduation Dies.
• For the background, use the Chucky Sprinkles Stencil. I blended out blue ink and then used a gold paste.
• For the front of the shaker, use the largest of Nested Ovals to cut the window. 
• I used Blue ink to blend out the edges of the card panel.
• Line the back of the oval window using Acetate.
• Use the new Foam Strips 1/8th to create the space for the shaker pieces to move.
• Fill the shaker area. I used Radiant Pineapple Fusion and blue stars (sorry no longer sold).
• Remove the protective tape and seal with the sprinkled background.

• Glue shaker to an A2 size card base.
• Stamp out the sentiment from the Happy Graduation onto a banner from the Simple Trimmings Dies. I used the Misti to make the sentiment curve like the banner. 
• Die-cut a shadow layer using gold foil paper and glue the banner to the card front. 
• Pop the Graduation cap onto the front of the shaker window using foam tape.
• Finish the front by adding some Blue satin pearls, these I picked out from the Satin Pearls Mix.
• It's hard to see from the photos, but I added a little extra sparkle to the bottom of the flowers using some Sparkle Glitter.

I hope this graduation shaker inspired you today, especially if you were wanting to create a masculine graduation card with this stamp.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🎓

SUPPLIES

Happy Graduation Shop at: SSS | SK	Happy Graduation Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Nested Ovals Shop at: SK	Simple Trimmings Shop at: SSS | SK
Chucky Sprinkles Stencil Shop at: SK	Clear Acetate Sheets Shop at: SSS | SK	Foam Strips 1/8th Shop at: SSS | SK	Satin Pearls Mix Shop at: SSS | SK
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Hip Hip Hooray Graduation Card - Using No Line Coloring Technique

Hello my friends 👋

It's almost that Graduation Time of year. So if you have any Graduation cards to make you'll need to check out Ink On 3's latest released Stamp Set  Platy-rific Pondies. It is too cute, and these little Pond animals are SO adorable!

For today's card I thought I was going to keep things simple and try no line coloring. What I thought would take an hour to do turned into 4 😲 But honestly it didn't feel like 4, because I really did enjoy making and learning lots from this experience. I am in love with the results!

I stamped the images first using the Fadeout No Line coloring Detail Ink, and then had fun watercoloring them all in. To add the details back into the colored images, I used prismacolor pencils and used a Finesse blender pen to blend the colors out.

To the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment below using my new favorite ink, Blackout!
For all the supplies I used to create this card check out the links below.

Also, don't forget to check out Ink On 3's latest release.
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Platy-rific 4x6 Stamp Set
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Pansies 4x6 Stamp Set
Coordinating Dies for the Pansies Stamp set

Hope today's card inspired you to get started on those Graduation cards 🎓

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

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Platy-rific Pondies Shop at: IO3	IO3 Purr-ific Kitty Cat 4x6 Clear Stamp Set Shop at: IO3	Platy-rific Pondies Coordinating dies Shop at: IO3	Mega Bundle Platy-rific Pondies & Pansies Stamps & Dies Shop at: IO3	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9x12 140lb Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Bundle Special 3 Essential Inks Shop at: IO3	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Post-it Super Sticky Full Adhesive Notes Shop at: AMZ	Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Colors,​ 36-Color Se Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Majestic Royal and Langnickel Brush Set Shop at: AMZ
Prismacolor Quality Art Set - Premier Colored Pencils 48 Pack Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Finesse™ Blender Pens Shop at: IO3	PenBlade - 3 Pack Stainless Steel Craft Knives Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Super Fine Copper Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Black & Decker HG1300 Dual Temperature Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	Spellbinders PIERCED RECTANGLES Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ	STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Applicator Bottle Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents, 2-Ounce Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Iridescent Bubbles Shop at: SSS | SK	Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll Classic Medium Point Pens Set Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Gelly Roll Gel Pen Set, Fine, Black Shop at: AMZ
Tonic GLOSS WHITE Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | AMZ	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Recollections White Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ	Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board 12x12 Shop at: AMZ	Elmers X-Acto 12” Base Guillotine Shop at: AMZ